Ms. Cortes Observations

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Ms. Cortez made the children hot dogs wrapped in white bread for dinner.
The children took their baths time exactly at 7:30 pm

When I arrived Ms. Cortes was upset and did not want to tell me why. I asked her to take a minute and gather herself. She watched funny videos to relax. I did not want her start working on a goal with the children in a negative state of mind. After about five minutes, I told Ms. Cortes they boys are going to help her clean. I asked Ms. Cortes to allow the children to clean up after themselves. She still had to clean the kitchen and her bedroom. If Ms. Cortes is cleaning with the children, they are less likely to get distracted be her. She agreed and she gave the boys instructions and incentives. The children had to clean up the living room and their bedroom. Jordan was sleep, so Nicholas and Messiah had to clean up everything. Once everything was done they would get to two pieces of candy. The children took almost an hour and a half to cleaning up. They got distracted every time they picked up one of their toys. Ms. Cortes had to keep reminding them to clean up the toys, not play with them. By time they finished
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Nicholas played with his food. When he was done Jordan had just woken up. Ms. Cortes did not want to give Nicholas and Messiah the candy until Jordan had eaten. She knew, if Jordan saw them with candy he would not want to eat dinner. Ms. Cortes explained to the boys, they will still get their candy, because they cleaned up and ate their dinner like big boys. They just have to wait for Jordan to eat. Nicholas and Messiah understood, and asked for juice and to watch T.V. Ms. Cortes made Jordan a hot dog but he did not want it. He heard everyone talking about the candy and wanted a piece. So, she told him if he eats hot dog he can get candy too. As promised when all three boys had eaten dinner and were sitting on the couch, they received two pieces of

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